Great 1921 Ad for Dupont Circle Shopping
This is a great advertisement from the early 1920s. The Connecticut Avenue Association was promoting retail up and down Connecticut Ave., near Dupont Circle, including the Dupont National Bank.
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Frederick Foote Bought 33 Acres at Seven Corners for $500
Frederick Foote, a formerly enslaved man, bought 33 acres at the intersection that became Seven Corners for $500 after the Civil War. His family held the land for 88 years. Here’s the full story.
Maybe A GoDCer Recognizes These Women Shopping at Hecht’s in Tysons Corner in 1971
Do you recognize the women in this photo from 1971? They are shopping at Hecht’s in Tysons Corner, three years after it opened as the largest enclosed mall in the world. Can you identify them?